2009 Survey of Americans on HIV/AIDS — Toplines April 1, 2009 Poll Finding This report contains the toplines from the 2009 Survey of Americans on HIV/AIDS. The survey was designed and analyzed by public opinion researchers at the Kaiser Family Foundation and was conducted January 26 through March 8, 2009, among a nationally representative random sample of 2,554 adults ages 18 and older.…
Key Findings: Kaiser Health Tracking Poll — April 2009 April 1, 2009 Poll Finding This document contains the key findings from the April Health Tracking Poll. The survey was designed and analyzed by public opinion researchers at the Kaiser Family Foundation and was conducted April 2 through April 8, 2009, among a nationally representative random sample of 1,203 adults ages 18 and older. Telephone…
CHIP TIPS Series Focuses On New Opportunities For Covering Children Under Medicaid and CHIP March 30, 2009 Issue Brief This series of implementation briefs called “CHIP Tips” examines new opportunities for covering children following the reauthorization and expansion of CHIP in February 2009. Together Medicaid and CHIP provide coverage for more than one in four children in the U.S., yet many others remain eligible but uninsured. The series, which…
Chartpack: Kaiser Health Tracking Poll — February 2009 February 1, 2009 Poll Finding This document contains findings presented in charts from the February 2009 Kaiser Health Tracking Poll. The survey was conducted February 3 through February 12, 2009, among a nationally representative random sample of 1,204 adults ages 18 and older. Telephone interviews conducted by landline (903) and cell phone (301, including 123…
Snapshots from the Kitchen Table: Family Budgets and Health Care February 1, 2009 Report This report from the Kaiser Family Foundation’s Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured (KCMU) illustrates the financial struggles of many families in the United States and shows the central role of health care costs and coverage in a household’s economic stability. The report, , is based on interviews with 27…
2008 Presidential Election Issue Spotlight: Global Health and HIV/AIDS September 29, 2008 Issue Brief During the 2008 Presidential campaign, now President Barack Obama and Republican presidential nominee Sen. John McCain announced a number of policy proposals and positions related to global health and the HIV/AIDS epidemic, both globally and domestically. This document summarizes those positions as staked out during the presidential campaign. It is…
XV International AIDS Conference Satellite Session: Resource Tracking and Priority Setting June 30, 2004 Event UNAIDS hosted this panel that featured the work of the UNAIDS Consortium on Resource Tracking. The session highlighted the importance of tracking global HIV/AIDS financial information; reviewed the methodological approaches used to track HIV/AIDS resource flows; and determined gaps in HIV/AIDS financial information and coverage as well as strategies for…
Covering Uninsured Children: Reaching and Enrolling Citizen Children With Non-Citizen Parents January 1, 2009 Issue Brief This issue brief examines health insurance coverage for low-income citizen children whose parents are not citizens and some of the specific barriers to enrolling these children in Medicaid and the State Children’s Health Insurance Program. It is based on findings from the Kaiser Survey of Children’s Health Coverage, a telephone…
Next Steps in Covering Uninsured Children: Findings from the Kaiser Survey of Children’s Health Coverage January 1, 2009 Issue Brief This issue brief provides key findings from the Kaiser Survey of Children’s Health Coverage, including that many low- and middle-income working families with an uninsured child do not have access to employer-sponsored health insurance. The telephone survey of parents that was conducted in 2007 to learn more about children’s access…
Medicaid in a Crunch: A Mid-FY 2009 Update on State Medicaid Issues in a Recession December 30, 2008 Report This report relays the perspective of leading state Medicaid directors to describe the fiscal strain on Medicaid and other safety-net programs as enrollment swells and state tax revenues shrink, raising the prospect of program cutbacks. It draws on focused interviews with leading Medicaid directors in November 2008. It augments the…